Permanent wave spindle



Sept. 10, 1935. B. J. MOORE PERMANENT WAVE SPINDLE Filed Aug. 11, 19345040 J MOO/"e INVENTOR I @%W ATTORNE Y Patented Sept. 10, 1935 UNITEDApplication August 11,

7 Claims.

The invention relates to spindles of the type used in connection withpermanent waving machines wherein the spindle is placed in a tighteningdevice and the tightening device with the spindle therein is placed in aheating element, and has for its object to provide a spindle aroundwhich hair may be wrapped in a manner whereby, after the heatingoperation, it will not be necessary to finger-wave the hair.

A further object is to provide a permanent wave spindle comprising amandrel around which the outer ends of the hair are wrapped,continuously in one direction, and then hinged arms carried by themandrel, adjacent one end thereof and adapted to be moved into aparallel plane to the mandrel and over which the hair may be alternatelybent or passed for imparting reversed bends therein and for waving thehair at a point spaced inwardly from the outer ends thereof.

A further object is to hingedly connect the arms, and to position thearms whereby when they are in closed position, alternate arms will beout of registration, thereby preventing bunching of the hair at thepoints of reverse bends. Also to make the inner hinged arm relativelywide so that when it is in closed position it will engage the hairconvolutions around the mandrel and will also form a base for the otherarms when in closed position.

A further object is to provide a permanent wave spindle wherein themandrel tapers from its ends towards its center and around whichconvolutions of the hair pass and a plurality of hinged arms carried bythe spindle mandrel, said arms being hingedly movable towards themandrel in different planes and around which reverse bends of the hairmay be passed whereby, after the heating operation, a wave is formed inthe hair and it will not be necessary to finger wave the hair, as is thepractice at the present time.

With the above and other objects in View the rangement of parts ashereinafter set forth,

invention resides in the combination and ar- 1934, Serial No. 739,486

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a modified form of spindle.

Figure 3 is an outer end view of the spindle shown in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is an outer end view of the device 5 shown in Figure 2 with thearms slightly open to better illustrate the structure.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the spindle shown in Figure 1, showingthe hair around the same and in a conventional form of tightening 10device.

Referring to the drawing and particularly to Figures 1 and 3, thenumeral l designates a mandrel which is preferably tapered inwardly fromits ends, thereby allowing the reception of a num- 15 her of endconvolutions of the hair when wrapped around the same. One end of themandrel is provided with a ratchet wheel 2 adapted to be held againstrotation by the spring detent 3 after the tightening operation when thespindle is in a 20 conventional form of tightening device 4, as shown inFigure 5. The mandrel I is provided with a thumb member 5 so that it canbe readily rotated in the tightening device.

Hingedly connected on a pin 6 extending 25 through the mandrel I arearms 1, 8, 9, I0 and l I.

It is to be understood however that any number of arms may be used, andfive are shown for the purposes of illustration only. It will be notedthat the arm I, which is a clamping arm for the 30 initial hair wrappedaround the mandrel l is wider than the other arms, and the other armsare in superimposed relation to the clamping arm I, and are spacedalternately to the sides of each other as clearly shown in Figure 3.

The hair is first wrapped around the mandrel I the desired number ofconvolutions so that the waves will be spaced inwardly therefrom, asclearly shown in Figure 3. After the wrapping of the first convolutionsl2 around the mandrel 40 the clamping arm 1 is then moved intoengagement with the convolutions I2, and after which the next arm 8 ismoved downwardly into engagement with the hair and a reverse bend isplaced in the hair, and the hair passed around 45 the mandrel, and thenthe next arm 9 is moved into engagement with the hair and anotherreverse bend is placed in the hair around the spindle, and the operationcontinues around the hinged arms I0 and H, therefore it will be seen 50that a plurality of reverse bends are formed in the hair, and that thearms I and 8 and Ill, as well as 9 and H are in superimposed relation,hence the clamping plate I will positively grip the inner convolutions.After the wrapping op- 55 eration the spindle as a whole is then placedin the spindle tightener 4 in the usual manner with the hair end 82aclamped therein and then the spindle may be tightened in the usualmanner.

In the forms shown in Figures 1 and 3, the bites of the hair extendsubstantially entirely around the spindle, however where it is desiredto have shorter waves, the form of device shown in Figures 2 and 4 maybe used. In this form it will be noted that the reversebends or bites ofthe hair extend for diiferent degrees around the spindle; the outerbites extending entirely around the spindle mandrel I and future bitesof decreasing length, hence it will be seen that a varying wave effectwill be obtained. In this form the hinged arms hinge inwardly from allsides of the mandrel.

In the form shown in Figures 2 and 4 the clamping arm I is of the sameconstruction as the arm '1 in Figure 1 and operates in the same manner,however in this form the reverse bend arms 8a, 9a, lfla and Ma, are notin superimposed relation, and have their inner ends provided withbifurcations forming spaced arms 13 pivoted on pins l4 extending throughthe mandrel l at right angles. It will be noted that adjacent arms 13 ofadjacent reverse bend arms 8a, 9a, la and I la are in crossed relation,thereby allowing said arms to swing inwardly towards the axis of themandrel I from opposite sides of the mandrel and all around the mandrel,otherwise the operation of this form is the same as in Figure 1.

From the above it will be seen that a permanent wave spindle is providedwhich is simple in construction and one wherein reverse bends may beplaced in the hair whereby it will not be necessary to finger wave thehair after the heating operation.

The invention having been set forth .what is claimed as new and usefulis:

l. A permanent wave spindle comprising a mandrel around whichconvolutions of the hair are passed, a hinged clamping arm carried bythe mandrel for said convolutions and a plurality of circumferentiallyspaced hinged arms carried by the mandrel in superimposed relation tothe clamping arm and around which reverse bends of the hair may bepassed.

2. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the inner ends of thehingedarms are bifurcated thereby forming arms at opposite sides of themandrel and pivotal means extending through said arms and mandrel.

3. A device as set forth in claim 1 including bifurcated inner endscarried by the arms and having their arms hingedly connected to themandrel at opposite sides thereof.

4. A permanent Wave spindle comprising a mandrel, a plurality ofcircumferentially spaced arms pivotally connected to said mandrel at oneend thereof and movable towards said mandrel independently of each otherfrom opposite sides of the mandrel.

5. A permanent wave spindle comprising a mandrel, a plurality 'of hingedcircumferentially spaced arms connected to one end of said mandrel andmovable towards the mandrel from different sides thereof, the inner endsof said arms being bifurcated thereby forming diverging arms, saiddiverging arms of each hinged arm terminating at opposite sides of themandrel and hingedly connected thereto, the adjacent arms having theiradjacent diverging arms in crossed relation.

6. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the circumferentially hingedarms when in closed substantially horizontal relation to the mandrel areat different radial distances from the axis of the mandrel.

'7. A device as set forth in claim 1 wherein the arms when in closedposition are at difierent successive distances from the axis of themandrel.

BUDD J. MOORE.

